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THE SMALL VICTORIES THAT COUNT
 
THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY & THE FBI LOGO
 
Sometimes things just don't go like you planned them. I guess we didn't really stop to think that we could become THAT band; the band that signs to a major label and all of a sudden there are all kinds of complications. In our case it started with our newest record being delayed in its release by about a year and a half. Labels wanted to be with other labels, lawyers wanted to talk to lawyers, money wanted to exchange hands, contracts wanted to be negotiated in a seemingly endless way that left us in limbo, having absolutely no idea what was going to happen to the one thing we really cared about in all of this; our record.
 
Fast forward about a year. We finally find out that everything is settled, everyone is happy, and things are moving along in the way they were supposed to previous to the holdup. Of course this was a great relief for us, and all the frustration we'd felt due to not knowing was gone. Until we got the suggested changes for the artwork, that is.
 
FBI ANTI-PIRACY WARNING Unauthorized copying is punishable under federal law
 
The above deterrent was to be printed onto the back of the record in a size that was considerably larger than the label's own logo. Of course there were several reasons why we couldn't let this happen, and a few of them could be listed like this:
 
- This was something that we were supposed to just accept. There was no debate about this until we created it ourselves.
- This was a complete infringement on the aesthetics of the record, and the aesthetics of the band itself. The art very much becomes a part of the concept, and there are enough people that have opinions on how we visually present ourselves without the need for FBI involvement.
- The fact that we are an anti-capitalist rock group that very much supports the idea of filesharing as a viable way of spreading ideas and entertainment outside of the reaches of our current economy would have been completely undermined by having the logo of one of the world's biggest institutions for popular control on the back of our album cover.
 
I don't think anyone really expected us to fight this, because it seems that most artists are happy enough to have a record deal that they feel they can't afford to rub anyone the wrong way. Obviously some people were aware of our politics when they went into the game of working with us, so the suggestions for suitable compromises started coming in. Throwing ideas back and forth we finally saw an option that, while it might not have been the most ideal of solutions, offered us a chance to at least have our say about this. We would be granted a disclaimer, printed right next to the FBI logo, saying that we did NOT agree with it being there and where to find further information as to why. This way the fact that we didn't agree could be seen right alongside something that a lot of people have taken for granted, and we saw that as an opportunity. Funny enough it seems that someone else saw that too, and the next day we found out that our record was to be released, sans FBI logo.
 
So our disclaimer never made it out into the public eye, but not because there isn't anything left to question. We're writing this right now, outside of it's original intent, as a way of trying to inspire and encourage others to take back the creative control of their work and to realize that many compromises don't have to be made. Not letting the FBI onto our records is a way to begin regaining something that was entirely ours to begin with.
 
Let them know that we won't allow these violations of our artistic integrity any longer. And tell them that The (International) Noise Conspiracy sent you.